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MEDICAL  EXAMINATIONS 

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ILLUSTRATIONS. 

BY 

&  SMYTH  ROGERS,  M.  D. 
JAMES  M.  PENDLETON,  M.  D. 


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PRINTED  BY'T.  AND  J.  SWORDS; 

No.  99  Pearl  street 
1823. 


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COURSE 


EXAMINATIONS,  ILLUSTRATIONS,  &c. 


J.  HE  second  year  of  our  course  being  com- 
pleted, and  our  plan  having  received  those  al- 
terations and  improvements  which  experience 
has  suggested,  we  feel  ourselves  authorized  to 
announce  it  as  established  on  a  permanent  ba- 
sis ;  and  to  offer  to  Medical  Students  an  outline 
of  the  method  of  instruction  we  design  here- 
after to  pursue.  We  do  this  the  more  readily, 
as  the  patronage  our  institution  has  received, 
and  the  testimony  of  the  gentlemen  composing 
our  classes,  give  us  assurance  of  the  utility  of 
our  system. 

At  the  opening  of  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  of  this  city,  on  the  first  Monday 
in  November  of  each  year,  we  commence  our 
examinations,  and  devote  five  evenings  in  the 


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week  to  the  various  subjects  comprised  in  the 
lectures  of  the  Professors.  The  following  order 
has  been  adopted. 

Monday —  Theory  and  Practice  of  Medicine. 

In  attending  to  this  branch  of  study,  we  fol- 
low the  arrangement  which  is  observed  in  the 
College;  illustrating  the  subjects,  by  a  detail 
of  the  more  interesting  cases  which  occur  in 
our  private,  and  in  Dispensary  practice. 

Tuesday —  Anatomy. 
Each  examination  in  this  department  will 
embrace  the  lectures  delivered  by  the  Profes- 
sor of  Anatomy  on  the  six  preceding  days:  the 
subjects  will  be  regularly  taken  up  in  the  order 
in  which  they  are  treated  of,  and  every  thing 
mentioned  will  be  carefully  noticed:  ample 
notes  and  free  access  to  the  lectures — for  which 
our  best  acknowledgements  are  due  to  the  Pro- 
fessor—will enable  us  fully  to  accomplish  this. 
Our  anatomical  collection,  already  extensive, 
will,  before  the  next  session,  receive  important 
additions,  from  some  preparations  which  we 
expect  to  obtain  from  Europe.  The  result  of 
the  investigations  which  are  constantly  making 
in  Physiology,  will  be  particularly  noted;  and 
we  shall  pay  especial  attention  to  the  enlarge- 
ment of  our  collection  of  morbid  specimens^ 
for  which  we  enjoy  peculiar  advantages, 


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Wednesday — Chemistry. 
The  Text  Book  recommended  by  the  Pro* 
fessor  of  Chemistry  furnishes  the  outline  of  our 
course:  our  explanations  are  accompanied  by 
a  complete  series  of  experiments,  for  which  we 
have  provided  all  the  necessary  apparatus. 

Thursday — Obstetrics  and  Materia  Medica. 

As  there  are  but  three  lectures  delivered  in 
the  College,  on  the  subject  of  Obstetrics,  in 
each  week,  a  portion  only  of  the  evening  is  al» 
lotted  to  this  branch ;  and  we  have  connected 
with  it,  examinations  on  the  Materia  Medica. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  former  course,  we 
shall  follow  the  Professor  in  his  anatomical 
demonstrations  of  the  parts  concerned  in  par- 
turition :  subsequently,  the  diseases,  symptoms, 
and  progress  of  labour  will  be  considered ; 
and  lastly,  the  circumstances  which  call  for 
the  use  of  instruments,  and  the  mode  of  ap- 
plying them  when  occasion  requires.  Oppor- 
tunity is  frequently  afforded  us,  in  the  course 
of  the  session,  to  procure  for  students  the 
important  advantage  of  attending  to  cases  of 
Midwifery. 

For  the  illustration  of  the  Materia  Medica, 
we  are  provided  with  a  very  extensive  suite 
of    specimens,    comprising    several    hundred 


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articles :  these  are  so  arranged,  as  to  exhibit 
the  different  qualities  of  the  substances  used 
in  Medicine  ;  together  with  the  various  sub- 
stitutions aud  adulterations  which  occur  in 
the  shops. 

Friday — Surgery. 
In  arranging  our  anatomical  preparations, 
we  shall  pay  attention  to  the  bearing  they 
have  on  this  branch.  An  extensive  collection 
of  bones  serves  to  illustrate  the  subject  of 
fractures  and  dislocations  ;  our  vascular  prepa- 
rations— that  of  aneurisms ;  and  nervous  prepa- 
rations— that  of  the  operations  on  the  nerves. 
The  different  instruments  employed  in  Surgery 
will  be  exhibited ;  and  the  subject  extensively 
illustrated  by  plates.  As  opportunities  may 
occur,  we  shall  afford  our  students  the  advant- 
age of  witnessing  the  minor  operations  which 
present  themselves  in  the  course  of  our  prac- 
tice at  the  Dispensary.  The  examinations  will- 
scrupulously  comprise  the  important  observa- 
tions delivered  by  the  Professor  of  Surgery. 

By  allotting,  as  we  have  done  in  the  above 
outline,  an  entire  evening  to  each  particular 
subject,  we  are  enabled  to  take  a  distinct  view 
of  the  lectures  of  a  week,  and  thus  to  preserve 
the  connexion  which  exists  between  the  parts 
of  the  same  branch,  while  we  avoid  the  cor^ 


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fusion  which  would  result  from  examining  on 
the  different  subjects  collectively. 

The  hours  of  examination  are  from  seven  to 
nine  o*clock  on  the  evenings  mentioned  above : 
in  addition  to  these,  we  occasionally  devote 
Saturday  evenings  to  the  Class,  as  the  sub- 
jects may  require,  and  our  own  engagements 
permit. 

The  price  of  our  ticket  is  fixed  at  ten  dot* 
ktrs. 

We  cannot  conclude  this  outline,  without 
acknowledging  the  obligations  we  are  under  to 
many  of  our  professional  friends,  for  the  liberal 
encouragement  they  have  extended  to  us  in 
our  undertaking :  by  their  kindness,  many  va- 
luable additions  have  been  made  to  our  col- 
lection, and  numerous  facilities  have  been 
afforded  us,  in  the  prosecution  of  our  plan. 

J.  SMYTH  ROGERS,  M.  D. 
JAMES  M.  PENDLETON,  M.  D. 

No.  21  Warren-street 
New-York,  28*ft  Feb.  1823. 


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